Can ‘Om’ be an Islamic term? Translations, encounters, and Islamic discourse in vernacular South Asia.

This article aims at offering a critique of recent approaches to the study of vernacular Islamic literature in South Asia through examples taken from Islamic literature composed in Tamil. First, the article argues that many approaches tend to re-inscribe essentialised religious differences by assumi...

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Published in:	South Asian History & Culture Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 195 - 212
Main Author:	Tschacher, Torsten
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2014
Subjects:	South Asia Native language Translations Hinduism Islamic literature Dhimmis (Islamic law)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost